I am currently writing an essay on importance of explanation in art, using this art piece as an example. Essentially, the main idea is that in order for the artist to display a meaning or convey some sort of thought or emotion within the audience, it's important for them to know how to structure their artwork in a way that is effective in communicating with their audience. Looking at it from a rather objective perspective, it is simply a robot programmed to perform a job, it does not feel any sort of exhaustion or agony from performing these motions. However, as the liquid has a deep red colour which is similar to blood, the audience makes a connection between this and blood; making the machine rather, humane so to say. In addition to this, the endless cycle of completing a chore only to do it again as it becomes messy again is easy for people to relate to, think cleaning up dishes or taking out the trash: it always has to be done. For this piece, I find it rather interesting how the artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu has decided to include the little 'dance' and 'waving' motions the robot performs in between the scooping of the liquid. I thought of the alternative, of leaving it to simply do the scooping motions in a cycle, and I believe the alternative would be rather boring. The audience would have lost interest after a while should the exhibition only consist of a robot scooping up ink. Yes, the visual of scooping up blood, and the idea of a continuous never-ending task, would still stand. However, including the little 'waves' and 'dancing' makes the robot even more human-like. Not only that, but it makes us feel sorry for the robot, as it has to stop dancing to continue its task. The artistic choices made in this art piece is truly admirable, they are effective in creating a vision and expressing a scene of humane emotions using simply a robotic arm and some red ink. It is unfortunate that the installation had to be taken down, I would have loved to experience it in person :)

They unplugged him cause he slowed down?! That’s so much worse than if he just quit working and just deepens the metaphor like whoa

3:13 hearing the laughter in the background while the machine is just flaling away is quite a feeling

Robot: What is my purpose Artist: Keep the red liquid in the circle Robot: ... Oh my God Artist: Yeah, Welcome to the club pal

I feel it's supposed to represent ourselves in the system we currently work our whole lives to maintain, while we slowly deteriorate and lose what's necessary for us to thrive, until we slow down and are cut off like we never existed.we can't help ourselves. We won't fight back.we have no legacy to leave, just like this robot.

This robot literally represent us. We work hard for our goal and eventually archive it, and then we celebrate like a robot. Then we start working hard again for our next goal. We become slow after some times, and then get unplugged. Just like this robot. Sorry for bad english.

This feels like trying to keep your blood in your body when you’re bleeding out

Ok the last movement that the robot did was showing anger, the robot was raging everyone thought it was just some dance no it because the robot dosent want to do anything more than just cleaning. So be mindful if you see the robot doing that it just because he is mad.

Maybe it can't feel it's suffering, maybe it doesn't have intelligence, but this is cruel.

One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Im not reflecting on a video where the author couldnt be bothered to narrate it themselves.

If you dont know what the robots doing while hes unplugged he's waving

did he slow down because of wear and liquid in the joints or did they slow him down?

Art is like music, it speaks for you.

The way it flails around like its in agony hurts me

Other robots won't forget and forgive, and we just gave them the ability to think and learn!

Is it just me, or is this simaler to the robot In Connecticut science center? Aka the smart one where you can make it build a shape

Idk I just wanna cry

Die Vermenschlichung der Maschine, mir kommen die Tränen, könnte man meinen. Lichterketten bilden, sofort, ruf an!!!

So, they unplugged it when it slowed down?.. I wonder what would happen if they didn't. Would it keep trying until it runs out of energy? Or would it run out of energy-? Or would it stop at some point?

Maybe he stopped working because of CV. Likely he was slowing down then CV happened in 2019 with everything closing down. When was it turned off? If after spring then likely slowed down then CV closed everything up so they decided to shut it off since no one could come see it anyways

he stopped working because he couldnt cointain all of it in his body of course, the brush on its body is so bloody, the blood is to keep the robot alive.

cant they just put more oil in there?

Fitting that this would come from China where life is infinitely expendable

Wait until ChatGPT sees this shit and makes us humans do this.

But... the liquid is finally stable ...

All that maneuvering after work causes the hydraulic oil to bleed out faster. Maybe if this robot understood how to balance work play and rest it would still be working.

The artists imagine a realistic adaptation of the "robotic condition" as seen in the 'human condition'. In this case they depict a Sisyphean condemnation. A machine who does the same thing over and over again... Be it in the context of IT having consciousness, would the repetition or the consciousness be its (Sisyphean) punishment? Is it a contemplation?...; That it cannot escape the repetition, or itself, or its body, or its prison? Thus "I can't help myself". Plot twist: The machine is cleaning the blood of all the people it killed. Thus "I can't help myself". Does it portray a psychological entity just by having a Descartian "I" in the title? "I can't help myself". . .

Its a robot. Robots have no gender or feelings.

I thought this robot stopped working

is this a kind of the myth of sisyphus remake?

It is a robot. It cannot feel, for it wasnt made to. It cannot think, for it wasnt ment to. Machines are but tools for the working masses, we use them everyday, so whats the difference between this machine seeeping liquid and us driving a car for examole? Would you feel for the car? Of course not, its a car, but a simple machine produced for us to go on with our lives with more convenience. It is no more than mere subroutines, a Virtual intelligence, like for example, a simple chat bot like on snapchat, etc. Now if it were real Artificial intelligence, then it could develop the process of feelings and a mind of its own through time and experiences, but that is not what happened, ssd to say

sisyphus

Don't worry, machines can't feel. At least not so far, I don't think.

The most dangerous person in a work force is complacent one. It learned complacency, it had to be turned off, it became dangerous.....

Буду краток. Очень толсто. Затраченных денег крайне жаль. Тот случай, когда высота лба уже не помогла просчитать свои зависимости от прочих пропорций. P.S.: Лучше бы дали денег ей ukposts.info/have/v-deo/rWCUh2d9mIGBuI0.htmlsi=v6VRzx9oL6ipIXhW

the creators made something like this but with real dogs it's called dog's that cannot touch each other they can't slow down.

Dudes shut- I cant help myse j either My father s abd decisions are worse what 2+3 small rocks had done. I cant help... At least i have rizzulet. What? What is. ...

I feel sorry for the poor baby:(

I think ppl are forgetting it’s a machine 0:21

Maybe if the damn thing just sit still for a moment it’ll slow the bleeding down. 🤦🏽‍♂️

It would be much more efficient to put the broom down at an angle and just spin around, forcing the fluid inward continuously. Not a very clever robot... Die robot overlords, die!

I HATE some people. Let me HATE

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Of clouse its in a prison